Along with Starbucks and Google, the internet retail company has been strongly criticised for using tax-avoidance tactics in Europe

Amazon has given no indication of whether it would bow to demands to pay more
tax in Britain after reporting that sales rose by 22 per cent in the final
three months of last year.

Starbucks, Amazon and Google have been strongly criticised for using
tax-avoidance tactics in Europe that enable them to reduce the amount they
pay to national governments. In 2011, for example, Amazon reported a tax
expense of £1.8 million in Britain on sales of £3.35 billion.

Despite threats from the British Government and a demand from French
authorities for $252 million (£160 million) in unpaid taxes,